purgative
Example Sentences
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This is the opposite of escapism, and while I can’t say “Bad Luck Banging” is a lot of fun, it has a purgative, present-tense power.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
Taking out the trash is like administering a purgative to my house.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2019
The last act of a Shakespearean tragedy always brings such purgative reckonings.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2018
And this, too, felt like a purgative end to 2016.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 3, 2017
Bottles of rye, purgative waters and eaux for every conceivable toilette made a companionable click in his worn carpet bag.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
